Fairs and Markets

Antiques fairs and markets offer a great way to browse and buy.

With so many exhibitors or stallholders in one place you can view a lot of different items quickly and compare prices and quality.

Depending on the event, the first day or morning may be for reserved for trade buyers before the general public gain access.

Some antiques markets are held weekly whereas some fairs may be quarterly, biannual, once a year or have some other frequency. Check the Calendar section of this website for details or view the listings every week in the Antiques Trade Gazette newspaper.

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Coins: Numismatics trade looks ahead to flagship London fair

16 September 2024

Coinex, the most important event on the British calendar for many serious coin collectors, opens at the Biltmore Hotel in Mayfair on September 27-28.

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Auctioneer turned fair organiser announces locations for two new events

16 September 2024

An auctioneer who relocated to the West Country after working at a London saleroom for eight years has launched two antiques fairs.

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Event shows it’s grand up north

16 September 2024

Venerable fair that has been running since 1951 is still a very popular choice and boasts a devoted following

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Dealership Charles Ede appoints James Richards to boost fine art sales

11 September 2024

London firm Charles Ede is expanding its repertoire and has brought in James Richards to launch its new approach which includes a greater focus on fine art at this year's 'Frieze Masters'.

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Quality counts in Cornwall

09 September 2024

An example of how a high-end fair can work very well in areas where such events are completely unknown is the biannual Enys House Antiques Fair at Penryn in west Cornwall.

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Duo launch Sheffield staging

09 September 2024

Ian and Grahame Wilson of long-running Newcomen Fairs are expanding their events which are held in the Elsecar Heritage Centre, a range of restored Victorian buildings near Barnsley where they also own the 120-dealer Elsecar Antiques Centre.

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Art fair puts Barns-Graham in freeze focus for a showcase

09 September 2024

Modern British trailblazer’s works inspired by a Swiss glacier form centrepiece of event exhibition

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Organiser of specialist glass fair on the lookout for venues to add to West Midlands location

09 September 2024

A mindful quote about glass from the great American writer Tennessee Williams comes in his one-act drama The Glass Menagerie which premiered on stage in Chicago in 1944: “When you look at a piece of delicately spun glass you think of two things: how beautiful it is and how easily it can be broken.”

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Classic Antique Fairs cancels event in Farnborough

04 September 2024

With only a few weeks to go before the event, Classic Antique Fairs has postponed its September outing.

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Fifty years of the York book fair and PBFA foundation to celebrate

02 September 2024

From modest origins, the York event is now the largest antiquarian book fair in the UK

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Farnham happy with Parnham

02 September 2024

Dealer who was invited to organise a fair at nearby estate holds the second edition this month

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Barnstorming array of antiques businesses in Suffolk

02 September 2024

Since the owners of Aspal Antiques launched an antiques centre at Stonham Barns Park three years ago and added a second centre on site to include a reclamation yard, a steady stream of antiques-related businesses have opened up.

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Palatial surroundings at Kent centre

02 September 2024

Oriental ceramics and bronzes specialist Ian McLean, an antiques dealer who has opened an antiques centre near Sevenoaks, says cheerily: “Otford already has two very good antique centres but you can’t have too many.”

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POSITIONS Art Fair brings fresh focus to Berlin

30 August 2024

This year’s POSITIONS Berlin Art Fair (September 12-15) will showcase works brought by 111 galleries from 24 countries

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Surrealism and tribal in tandem

27 August 2024

Themed exhibitions at this year’s Parcours des Mondes link ethnographic art with Surrealist movement

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Organiser remains optimistic about traditional furniture

27 August 2024

Dealer who has run a major Irish fair for 35 years feels Georgian furniture is starting to rise in value

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Visitor and exhibitor numbers both on the rise, says B2B

27 August 2024

Debra Scadding and her partner Sue McIntosh took over the running of B2B Events’ two very popular events at the Three Counties Showground in Malvern, Worcestershire in January, renaming the operation B2B Fairs.

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TEFAF opens 2025 applications for museum restoration fund and curators course

24 August 2024

TEFAF offers emerging museum curators the chance to gain knowledge and network opportunities

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Pen is mightier than the keyboard in the realm of specialist fairs

19 August 2024

Texting and Zooming have practically taken over our busy lives and taking time out to write a card, let alone a letter, seems like too much of a stretch. Yet UK Pen Shows, which runs dedicated fairs at five UK locations, is thriving.

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Treasures find in Bucks

19 August 2024

As Hidden Treasures, Neil Payne organises monthly antique and vintage fairs in Berkhamsted and Haddenham in Hertfordshire, Benson in Oxfordshire and Marlow in Buckinghamshire.

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